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Are these results as bad as they look? (DB -Pre-Upgrade Checker output)
Hi all,I'm planning an upgrade of 4.1 to 5.1. I'm currently running MSSQL 2005 DB on a windows 2008 r2 server for vCenter. I just ran the 64 bit upgrade checker which has come back with a heap or...
View ArticleHow do I use the old VI client with VCenter 5.1?
We’ve 2 Vcenters linked and I’ve upgraded one to 5.1 whilst one remains at 5.0 for a short while. I want to use the old VI client alongside the web client on the new 5.1 server and I believed the old...
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ESXi hardware build
Guys, It has been almost 5 years of running version 4. It is time for upgrading . The 8 GB ram limitation on the board is past due! Looking at these items below. The machine is for home use for...
View ArticleDoes VAMI support update of files other than RPMs?
I am having a requirement where we need to perform software upgrade using .pkg files. So was curious to know if VAMI's update service provides support for upgrade/installation of files other than RPMs...
View ArticleDoes vSphere 5.1 still need a DNS server ?
Hello, As we know, it must to build a DNS server within vSphere 4.1 environment for HA function and so on. If we wanna build a new vSphere 5.1 environment without AD integration and View solution, does...
View ArticleVC 5.1 Update manager
Hi I am having issues add esx 4i base image into UM, it added my 5.1 ones. I have some 4.1.x hosts that I still manage.Is this a feature ?
View ArticleAfter upgrade from esx 4.1 to esxi 5.0 I am no long able to ping the host
Help! We have HP BL685c blade servers with esx 4.1 on them. Yesterday, I was trying to upgrade the esx4.1 to esxi5.0 with HP custom image esxi5.0 U1 ISO image. Everything seems working. except for two...
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ESXi 5 Constant Reboots
Hi,I booted the latest ESXi 5 image from a USB and installed it (to the same USB stick). Once ESXi has been installed, it will not boot at all.When trying to start it just flickers a quick black screen...
View Articlevcenter aborts installation !
vCenter Single Sign On installed OK vCenter Inventory Service installed OK The installation of vCenter Server aborts when the installation dialog says:Registering with vCenter Single Sign On The error...
View ArticleCluster with two generations of AMD Processors
Hi everyone.... I have a ESXi 5.1 U1 cluster with 5 AMD Opteron Processors model 2216 and I want to add a new AMD Opteron server with processor model 6272. I want to know if it's possible to mix both...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 Upgrade
How to upgrade vCenter5.1 to vCenter 5.1 update 1a....Is there any specific steps required to do that.
View Articlepcoip vmware install
Dear All,i have ESXI with 4 VM and one Firewall and Vcenter,i want to test the PCOIP against RDP to check if my company is going to use it or not,what do i need to make the PCOIP working and...
View ArticleUpgrade from 4.1 to 4.1u3
Hi there, I'm looking to upgrade my esxi hosts from 4.1 to 4.1us before I then upgrade to 5.1 I tried installing VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0.update03-800380.x86_64.iso by booting the ISO, but it...
View ArticlevSphere vCenter Upgrade 5.0 to 5.1
I currently am running a small vSphere 5.0 system on a Dell R510 Server with 16GB of RAM and 1 TB of internal storage. There are three VMs and one app: Windows 2003 Server VM running web apps RHEL 6.3...
View ArticleUpgrade vSphere 4 essentials plus and vcenter server to 5.1
Hi, We are currently running vSphere vCenter Server 4 EssentialsvSphere 4 Essentials Plus I am looking to upgrade our environment to 5.1 and is trying to find information how it works with the...
View ArticlevSphere Cluster Deployment
Hi All, I am looking for some advice, I am looking to fully automate a cluster deployment, the steps are roughly: 1) Deploy first ESXi host from bare metal (boot from SAN).2) Deploy VM, install OS...
View ArticleSSO installation question
I decided to upgrade my vSphere 4.1 to 5.1 version. So the first step is to install SSO. I precreated required database, created two required users, started installation, entered details and stuck on...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 to 5.1 upgrade
Hi All,In Our Organisation we have single server environment, all the Hardware is of IBM 3650M3. These server contains 8 HDD configured in 2*146 = Raid 1, 3*500 = Raid 5.On these server we have...
View ArticleWill this Upgrade Plan work? ESXi4.1 to ESXi5.1 upgrade + one Datastore Disk...
Background: Dell T710 Server, 96GB memory (using 40GB now). Standard ESXi4.1 and 11 VM's. 10 of the VM's are Windows 2003 and one is SCO Unix. Two RAID Arrays using VMFS 3.46. One array is Raid 10...
View ArticleWindows 8 & Console
Hi everyone, I have a little problem since windows 8 . I have 3 ESXI 5.0 servers. I saw that console in vsphere client 5.0 may not work on windows 8. So I installed VGC (Vmware Guest Console). All...
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